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I think you're focusing purely on educational uses of phones, when you could have a locked-down tablet for that. Phones do far more than that, and it's definite

• makeitdouble 2y ago
  It's the same situation though. The more powerful the tool, the better upside you get, and the worse potential outcome there is. I get you want me to focus on the downsides, and I offer you to look at the upsides. We do that balancing act for any tool or resource: does pool have positive effects that are worth the drowning risks ? Does letting kids walk the city alone let them do things that outweight the potential of getting run by a car or getting kidnapped ? etc. I am definitely in favour of having kids as independent as possible and get them accustomed earlier than later with the tools they'll be using as adults.